What Is a Mammal That Starts With an "N"?

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Mammals are vertebrate animals that have hair, a heart with four chambers, a diaphragm and mammary glands. Two mammals whose common names begin with the letter N are the nine-banded armadillo and the northern bottlenose whale.

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Other mammals whose common names begin with the letter N include the North American river otter and the naked mole rat.

There are also several mammals whose scientific names begin with the letter N. Neophoca cinerea is the scientific name for the Australian sea lion, Neovison vison is the scientific name for the American mink and Nasalis larvatus is the scientific name for the proboscis monkey.